Over the past decade, I have spent a lot of time looking at the salary cap in the offseasons. I graduated from university when computers still took up entire rooms instead of a just space on your desk, but my degree was in business administration and management. Before moving to Bangkok and semi-retiring as a university teacher 17 years ago, I spent most of my adult life managing businesses, including 11 years spent in the finance industry in Australia. I mention this to highlight that I have a keen interest in and extensive experience with business budgeting and financial planning, which I think gives me a different view of salary cap planning than people with different backgrounds might have.